The California town that turned John Wayne into ‘The Duke’: “I was glad to be rid of the goddamn name”
What’s in a name? Everything.
John Wayne
“They seem to forget the one basic principle of our business”: The western movie John Wayne said went too far
“Pictures go too far when they use that kind of realism.”
The actor John Wayne thought deserved the Oscar more than him: “You should have this”
Surprisingly gracious from ‘The Duke’.
The “irritating” movie that left John Wayne “hurt, mad, and goddamned disappointed”
He wasn’t even in it.
The iconic movie that “annoyed” John Wayne because he wasn’t in it: “I desperately wanted that part”
It wasn’t the actor’s fault.
The one movie John Wayne broke his golden rule for: “He reluctantly agreed”
The times were changing.